468 JOURNAL, BOMBA Y NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XH. 



Zephronia nigrinota (Butler.), pi. B., fig. 11-11 b. 



Syn. Zephronia nigrinota, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), X, p. 356, 

 pi. xviii, fig. 9 (1872). 



!Syn. Zephronia Icevissima, id., Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) XIV, p. 185, 

 pl.xvi., fig.4 <J(1874). 



Syn. SphcBroth. politum, id., torn, eit., p. 186, pi. xvi, fig. 2 $ (1874). 



Colour varying from ochraceous to piceous. 



Tergites with hinder half smooth and polished ; anterior half 

 exceedingly finely granular ; anal tergite very smooth and shining. 



Head sparsely punctured above, more thickly below. Nuchal plate 

 mostly wholly smooth, with sinuate lower margin marked by a nearly 

 straight fine groove. 



Second tergite with somewhat vertical but not sulcate anterior portion ; 

 lamina small, rising gradually, with evenly arched front border and 

 evenly thickened anterior edge. 



Anal tergite evenly rounded in both sexes, without marginal notch, 

 and with inner ridge represented by two pieces. 



Legs attenuate at distal end with a single spine above and behiod 

 the claw ; claw less arched. 



$ Anal tergite evenly rounded. Apex of antenucB larger than in 

 female. Forceps. — Ist pair with immovable dactylus crescentic, exceed- 

 ingly incurved; movable dactylus composed of two segments, whereof 

 the proximal is furnished distally with a series of denticles, and is much 

 longer and stouter than the distal, and separated from it by a constric- 

 tion. 2nd pair with immovable dactylus slender, nearly parallel-sided, 

 rounded apex, and bearing on its inner surface a bifid membranous tooth ; 

 movable dactylus, with its distal third distinctly segmented, furnished 

 behind, as also is the immovable dactylus, with a row of denticles. 



9 Anal tergite like that of the male. Apical segment of antennfe 

 conical, but less dilated distally than in the male. Vulva with 

 proximal portion with convex infero-external border, straight internal 

 border ; distal portion or cap internally produced into a conspicuous 

 more or less blunted process ; external angle very convex ; concave 

 between the external and internal angles. 



Length between 30 to 40 mm. 



Locality. — Type specimens of IcBvissima and politum from Sikkim, of 

 nigrinota from Assam, others from Darjeeling (Miss Dendy). 



